TABLE 2 Employment Status of Household Population 15 Years Old and Over
and Total Underemployed Persons Based on a Past Week Reference Period,
by Region: January 2007
(In thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)
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Employment Status |
--------------------------------------| Total
Region Total Persons Total Total | Underemployed
in the Employed Unemployed | Persons
Labor Force Persons Persons |
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Philippines 36,395 33,545 2,850 7,214
National Capital Region 4,692 4,098 594 603
Cordillera Administrative Region 692 659 33 124
I - Ilocos Region 1,917 1,731 186 364
II - Cagayan Valley 1,397 1,353 44 303
III - Central Luzon 3,849 3,477 372 391
IV-A - Calabarzon 4,668 4,181 487 697
IV-B - Mimaropa 1,141 1,097 44 262
V - Bicol Region 2,079 1,953 126 752
VI - Western Visayas 3,064 2,893 171 796
VII - Central Visayas 2,731 2,525 206 521
VIII - Eastern Visayas 1,690 1,587 103 453
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 1 1,309 1,260 49 308
X - Northern Mindanao 1,794 1,678 116 523
XI - Davao Region 1,728 1,599 129 377
XII - Soccsksargen 1,558 1,484 74 352
XIII - Caraga 949 877 72 229
Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao 2 1,137 1,094 43 159
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Notes:
Figures were estimated based on the 2000 Census of Population Projections.
1 Starting July 2003, Isabela City (Basilan) is part of Region IX.
2 Starting July 2003, Basilan province, which was formerly part of Region IX, is now
under ARMM by EO 36.
Source: National Statistics Office, Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: June 3, 2008
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